G.S.Illum Nov. 2011
One Soccer Ball, One School
Dirt Floor, No Windows or Doors, Roof Leaks
November 2011
Lydia Sorflaten, Rotary Club of Truro Meets with Paul Ymele, Rotary Club of
BafoussamNovember 2011
November 2012
Lydia Sorflaten, Rotary Club of Truro Paul Ymele, Rotary Club of Bafoussam
Mme. Oussematou & Joseph Tafrey ofIntegrated Development Foundation did the
Project Implementation
Thanks to a Camera Donated by Marian Ward, Bridgetown, Joseph Tafrie Took Pictures of the
Construction in Progress
This first picture shows the condition of one corner. The wall had to be
taken down and rebuilt.
Bricks
Sand
Ro
cks
Water Brought by Joseph Tafrie on the back of his Motorbike
In This Tank
Parents Thought There Was Money Given for Labor
That They Were Not Receiving So They Did Not
Come To Carry Water
Children Carrying Water
Parents Apologized During theTurn Over Ceremony
Agreeing to Take Responsibility for
Their School
Buying Lumber
Hand Mixing Concrete
Building an Overhang
Mortaring the Walls Inside and Out
A Blackboard Made of Concrete
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Rebuilding of the GS IllumSchool
• $2000 Rotary Club of Truro
• $1000 Canadian Rotary International through Hand Up Program (Rotary clubs, Ontario)
• Money transferred to IDF (Integrated Development Foundation) through Rotary Club of Bafoussam
• Construction coordinated and supervised by Integrated Development Foundation
Equipping GS Illum School
• $1000 Rotary Club of Truro
• $1000 District Simplified Funds
• Money transferred to Integrated Development Foundation from Rotary Club of Truro– 3 desks, 3 chairs, 3 cupboards
– 6 boxes Chalk & 3 Large Hard covered ledgers
– 160 large scribblers, 160 pencils/pens, 160 pencil cases, bonbons, 160 bags
Carpentry Group in Bamenda Chosen by IDF To Build Furniture
Locking Desk and Chair For Head Mistress
Two Teacher’s Desks and Chairs
Transport to GS Illum
Unloading the Furniture At The
School
Allan and Lydia Sorflaten Paid for the Making,
Transport and Mounting of the Signs
The Sign Makers
Printing Out the Design at BoBo Lennox
Letters Hand Cut
Good We Visited At This Point.....Hand Up Not Hang Up!
Apprentice Learns Art of Sign Making
Transporting the Sign to WumAt the Bus Station-More Cardboard!
Our Trip to Wum!
The Sign Arrives In Wum. Terance Gets Help To Carry Sign Through Town to Our Hotel!
From the Hotel to the School? We bought a foam!
Head Mistress and Lydia Arriving
Waving Flags Chanting C-A-N-A-D-A
Welcome Mummy Lydia!
A Special Welcome Song
Turn OverLetters
from The Rotary Club
of Truro
To Sub Divisional Delegate of Basic Education
An Official Letter for the Head Mistress But No Words Were Needed
at this First Meeting!
An Official Letter For the President of the Parent Teacher Group
School Supplies forTeachers and Children From
Rotary Club of Truro6 boxes Chalk & 3 Large Hard covered ledgers160 large scribblers, 160 pencils/pens, 160 pencil cases, bonbons, 160 bags
160 Bags Packed at the Hotel
+School
Supplies for Teachers
PTA President Apologizes andAccepts Responsibility for The School
Other Improvements Since Last Nov
A School Garden
Teacher Training Placement
Books and Teaching Materials
• Marian Ward, Bridgetown (Marian the Librarian)– Math Teaching Tools
– $700 Books
• Allan and Lydia Sorflaten– 40 Books + Teaching Materials
– Baseballs and Bats (2)
• David Skidmore, Middleton– Kobo Reader
The School Has Since Been Painted and a Ceiling Installed in the Classrooms
(Gift of Gail Sorflaten Kolach, Winnipeg)
Computer
Donated by Rotary Club of Truro
For
Community Development Use
Coordinated
By
Integrated Development Foundation
Project Completed During Canadian Executive Service
Organization(CESO) Assignment
www.ceso-saco.comNovember/ December 2012
With Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)www.idfbamenda.wordpress.com
Allan and Lydia Sorflaten(CESO) Volunteers
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